Re: Different Raster Size for every page

[James]

Hello,

On 20/08/2010 11:29, Nils Gey wrote:
> Hello list,
>
> I recently worked together with a publisher who said he can't understand that 
> there is no option in any notation-software that allows having different raster 
> sizes (means scaling of objects) for every page.
> It is not on me to judge if this is wise, from a typographers point of view, 
> but I'm sure there is music that benefits of that.
>
> What about lilyponds possibilities (or opinions) about this issue?

While you can output to various image formats in lilypond, the default 
PDF output which uses postscript should be scalable at any size and is 
not a raster-based image at all.

unless I have misunderstood what you meant.

Also see:

http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.13/Documentation/usage-big-page#invoking-lilypond

This shows you how you can output scores to a variety of formats (PNG, 
SVN and EPS).

I can see no need for 'raster' images being needed, depending on the 
publication of course, but then one would just create an 'EPS' or import 
the PDF file.

I don't know what your publisher knows, but perhaps his experience is 
from users who don't know how to use their notation software to its 
fullest for offset litho printing (assuming that is what they use).

James